[smoke1015]

I generally agree with ya smoke. You’re level headed and for the most part objective. But I ask you, who had central beat that is note worthy other than belfry that would put them head and shoulders above a corbin team that’s had just as tough of a schedule with better results?

I liked their win over Fern Creek. Maybe not the best team in the state but they are super solid. It's the preparation Central has, playing the Saint X's and Ballards. I know your all's schedule is tough, but man, Beechwood and Mayfield, great teams, but usually you guys wear them down late cause of higher numbers. It was the case when I went and watched you guys play Mayfield last year. Mayfield easily, and I mean easily won the first half. It looked like a mismatch. In the 2nd half Corbin did a good job of blocking some punts, also wearing down Mayfield and slowing their offense. Corbin was able to tie the score by wearing Mayfield down with better numbers, quality numbers. Mayfield probably had 2 or 3 D1 offensive lineman but they got tired. Now Mayfield was playing without the best player in the state in that game, but still, great job by Corbin to come back like they did and lose it when they went for 2. Can't hardly blame the call cause Mayfield was reeling, and Corbin was surging. Can't go by the Maxpreps numbers either, it lists Corbin with 45 kids...uh, yeah right, lol, 75 maybe. I'm not sure how the Beechwood or Mayfield games went this year, other than the score. So a win over Mayfield is nice, even if they are a class below, but I think Central playing a Saint X, maybe, equally prepares them for 3A class play. All those Louisville schools have at least some kid that is super dangerous, and often a lot of athletes instead of like most of us mid-level rural schools who have only 2 or 3 truly high level athletes. So Central plays so much speed all year. One thing they may not do, is play against a lot of great coaching. Corbin will only win this game if they out coach the Central coach's. No offense to any kids, and although Corbin does have several really good athletes, and an ultra well coached team with great technique at almost every position, they are not the level, overall, of Central. If Central can be as motivated as they were last Friday, Corbin will have their hands full. I don't foresee Corbin turning over the ball like Belfry did. But I do see Corbin making some upsportsman mistakes, even against us they made probably 4 unsportsman penalties, and could have had 4 more. One kid having 3 on himself (I thought it was an ejection after 2, but spilled milk, ha). Central maybe had 2 penalties all night, and no unsportsmans. I guarantee Central will play physical enough, in a way that may draw those penalties. One kid on that Corbin team in particular seemed to be easy to get mixed up in that. And I'm telling you, Central's D line is a problem. In my opinion, Corbin is facing the best team it's seen this year, and Central isn't. Although the team's Central has played that I feel are better than Corbin, Central lost. That's either a plus, or minus for them. Corbin will probably be the 3rd best (Saint X/Belfry) coached team that Central has played though, and also probably the best QB that Central has faced. I'm afraid Sizemore is going to take a lot of shots on this night. He's tough as nails, and I don't like how I imagine this game is going to go for him. I just don't want to see anyone hurt. I'm hoping it's a good competitive game with no bad injuries. I did see a few big Central kids limping around by the end of the Belfry game. Maybe that will soften them up some. One advantage or disadvantage, Central played a much much better team than Powell, and it may have them more 'big game ready', but by the same token, they are way more banged up than I imagine you guys are. Gonna be another cold game too, and a pretty long drive up for Corbin. I definitely think the drive affected Belfry.